A strong whiff of greenwashing was in the air earlier this month, when the International Air Transport Association confidently presented its sustainability plan to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
Washington, D.C.’s plan to build a headquarters hotel for the Walter E. Washington Convention Center is caught in a legal snag, but officials hope to resolve the issues and break ground by the end of the year...
Fantail Consulting & Technologies, a Columbia, Md.–based company that offers computing solutions for the nonprofit meetings industry, has announced that Michael J. Hatch has joined the company as president...
The Washington Convention Center Authority, which owns and manages the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, has merged with the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission to create a new entity, the Washington Convention and Sports Authority...
The Professional Convention Management Association has announced its 2009 Achievement Award winners. The honorees will be recognized at the 54th PCMA Annual Meeting in Dallas, January 10–13, 2010. The awards honor members for their contributions...
Earning the Certified Meeting Professional designation just got a little more convenient for meeting professionals around the world. The Convention Industry Council—which administers the designation—has added a fifth date for the CMP exam to its...
In the last few weeks, I’ve begun to wonder whether the meetings industry as we know it will survive the outside pressures that are lining up against face-to-face gatherings...
Michelle Penner is the event manager for the Canadian Conference of Manitoba Churches, Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has attended the last three RCMA conferences and has already registered for RCMA 2010, to be held January 26-29 in Fort Worth, Texas. W...
